By Hill, Madden, Goolsby H.B. No. 1672
76R4880 DWS-F
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to disposal of certain motor vehicles.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Section 683.051, Transportation Code, is amended
1-5 to read as follows:
1-6 Sec. 683.051. APPLICATION FOR AUTHORIZATION TO DISPOSE OF
1-7 CERTAIN MOTOR VEHICLES. A person may apply to the department for
1-8 authority:
1-9 (1) to sell, give away, or dispose of a motor vehicle
1-10 to a motor vehicle demolisher if:
1-11 (A) the person owns the motor vehicle and the
1-12 certificate of title to the vehicle is lost, destroyed, or faulty;
1-13 or
1-14 (B) the vehicle is an abandoned motor vehicle
1-15 and is:
1-16 (i) in the possession of the person; or
1-17 (ii) located on property owned by the
1-18 person; or
1-19 (2) to dispose of a motor vehicle to a motor vehicle
1-20 demolisher for demolition, wrecking, or dismantling if:
1-21 (A) the abandoned motor vehicle:
1-22 (i) is in the possession of the person;
1-23 (ii) is more than eight years old;
1-24 (iii) does not comply with all applicable
2-1 air pollution emissions control related requirements included in:
2-2 (a) the vehicle inspection
2-3 requirements under Chapter 548, as evidenced by a current
2-4 inspection certificate affixed to the vehicle windshield; or
2-5 (b) the vehicle emissions
2-6 inspection and maintenance requirements contained in the Public
2-7 Safety Commission's motor vehicle emissions inspection and
2-8 maintenance program under Subchapter F, Chapter 548, or the state's
2-9 air quality state implementation plan [has no motor or is otherwise
2-10 totally inoperable]; and
2-11 (iv) was authorized to be towed by a law
2-12 enforcement agency; and
2-13 (B) the law enforcement agency approves the
2-14 application.
2-15 SECTION 2. Section 683.054(b), Transportation Code, is
2-16 amended to read as follows:
2-17 (b) Without giving the notice required by Section 683.053,
2-18 the department may issue to an applicant under Section 683.051(2) a
2-19 certificate of authority to dispose of the motor vehicle to a
2-20 demolisher if the vehicle meets the requirements of Sections
2-21 683.051(2)(A)(ii) and (iii)[:]
2-22 [(1) is more than eight years old; and]
2-23 [(2) has no motor or is otherwise totally inoperable].
2-24 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
2-25 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the
2-26 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-27 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
3-1 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
3-2 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.